clearheaded
having or showing an alert mind.
Origin of clearheaded
1Other words from clearheaded
- clear·head·ed·ly, adverb
- clear·head·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby clearheaded
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How to use clearheaded in a sentence
Chin and Lin are very clearheaded about the fact that the emergence of the surveillance state is not just a problem in China.
The complicated danger of surveillance states | Zeyi Yang | October 11, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewHere are just a few of the ways running kept us clearheaded this year.
Corporal Ralph Gregory had shown coolness and clearheaded courage, equal to the oldest and bravest.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteThe young man, whose fame was yet unattained, showed himself as clearheaded in the cabinet as in the camp.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 | Mary Frances CusackJeff stood a moment nursing, not his anger, but a clearheaded certainty that something must be done.
The Prisoner | Alice Brown
He was laborious, clearheaded, and profoundly versed in the details of finance.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayMr. Bragg he pronounced to be an excellent master: clearheaded in his commands, and reasonable in his exactions.
That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2(of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for clear-headed
mentally alert; sensible; judicious
Derived forms of clear-headed
- clear-headedly, adverb
- clear-headedness, noun
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